4042. perioché

Strong's Concordance

perioché: circumference, a portion circumscribed

Original Word: περιοχή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: perioché
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-okh-ay')
Definition: circumference, a portion circumscribed
Usage: a section or passage of Scripture.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from periechó
Definition
circumference, a portion circumscribed
NASB Translation
passage (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4042: περιοχή

περιοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);

1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others).

2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, Acts 8:32 (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Scripture passage

From periecho; a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed) -- place.

see GREEK periecho

Forms and Transliterations

περιοχη περιοχή περιοχὴ περιοχην περιοχήν περιοχής perioche periochē periochḕ

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 8:32 N-NFS
GRK: ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς
NAS: Now the passage of Scripture which
KJV: The place of the scripture which
INT: and [the] passage of the Scripture

Strong's Greek 4042
1 Occurrence

περιοχὴ — 1 Occ.